Acic-Kalasalingam Innovation Foundation

Acic-Kalasalingam Innovation Foundation is located in Anand Nagar, over in Krishnankoil, Srivilliputtur. It’s a place where we try to come up with new ideas. We don’t call it an "innovation hub" or anything fancy like that, even if the name says innovation. To us, it’s just a workshop where people bring their inventions or ideas to see if they’ll actually work in the real world. We have some basic tools and a lot of table space for people to use. Sometimes it’s a bit of a mess with wires and scraps of metal everywhere. We think that’s a good sign because it means people are actually building things and testing them out. The building itself is pretty standard for the area, nothing that stands out too much. We get a lot of students and local tinkerers coming through the doors. We don’t charge them much, if anything at all, because we just want to see them succeed. It’s not about making a profit for us. We just like seeing something new come to life. Some days nothing works and we all just sit around frustrated, but then someone figures something out and it’s worth the wait. We’re just a bunch of people who like to solve puzzles and fix things. It’s a practical place for practical people who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty. That's our daily life.